169results about "Signal boxes station blocking" patented technology

A train tracking system includes a train tracking module, a plurality of input sources providing train related information, and one or more interface(s) associated with the train tracking module, wherein the train tracking module is configured via computer executable instructions and through operation of a processor to receive the train related information from the plurality of input sources via the one or more interface(s), determine a position of a train within a train track map, the position of the train corresponding to a track location of the train in a track network, and wherein the train tracking module further comprises a learning algorithm, the train tracking module being configured to, utilizing the learning algorithm, determine an unexpected occupancy of the track location.

The invention discloses a convergence method and device for a train safety envelope, and relates to the technical field of railway train driving. According to the scheme, for a train running on a railway line, an RBC can receive a train position report from a vehicle-mounted ATP according to a preset time period through train-ground wireless communication equipment and vehicle-mounted interaction, and after an interlocking device handles a route for the train and the train drives into the route, the RBC sends the train position report to the vehicle-mounted ATP, and the RBC receives the train position report from the vehicle-mounted ATP according to the preset time period. According to the data information in the train position report fed back at the moment, the last relevant transponder group of the train path can be determined, so that the train envelope is calculated according to the train position report and the rail section position determined by the last relevant transponder group, and the train path is determined. The train envelope on the railway line correspondingly occupies a certain number of track sections, so that the track section which is currently in an unlocking state is determined from the track sections according to section unlocking state information fed back by interlocking equipment, and the track section is used for converging the train envelope.

A system and method for virtual block stick circuits is presented. The present disclosure implements specialized algorithms adapted to determine the true status of a virtual block based on multiple inputs from different perspectives. In one embodiment, the system can use the far house perspective of that virtual track segment and the PTC hazard for the near virtual track segment directly adjacent to the near house uses the near house perspective of that virtual track segment. For the middle virtual track segments, the near house perspectives of the middle virtual track segments are held ‘TRUE’ if they are already ‘TRUE’ when the train first enters the block, using stick circuits for the near house perspective of the middle track circuits. The vital application can then indicate the true state of the virtual track segment as occupied (FALSE), to protect the train from trains that follow.

A shuttle operation control method for urban rail transit, a device, and a medium. In the method, a shuttle area is provided on an ATS workstation, and after a trackside system protects the shuttle area, an authorized train operates by turning back at any point in an active state shuttle area, and safety protection is performed for train operation and tracking in the shuttle area. Compared with the existing technology, by means of authorizing a train to turn back at any point in a specific area and calculating a safe movement authorization for the train to return to the previous platform, the present invention has advantages such as improving the means by which urban rail transit can respond to faults and reducing fault recovery time.

A method for assigning train blocks at a railroad merchandise yard includes determining, using a first optimization model and historical train block volume data, a first list of train block assignments for a plurality of train blocks and a plurality of classification tracks of a classification bowl. The method further includes displaying the first list of train block assignments generated by the first optimization model if the volume of the train blocks is not greater than the total available track length of the classification tracks. The method further includes determining and displaying, using a second optimization model and the historical train block volume data, a second list of train block assignments for the plurality of train blocks and the plurality of classification tracks of the classification bowl if the volume of the plurality of train blocks is greater than the total available track length of the plurality of classification tracks.

The present invention is based on the object of specifying a method for blocking and / or unblocking track sections in which human errors in the context of incorrect manipulations can be reliably excluded.This object is achieved according to the invention by a method for blocking and / or unblocking a track section in rail-bound traffic, which method comprises the following method steps: a) by means of an application executed on a mobile device, a blocking of a track and / or a switch is requested in a control system used to control rail-bound traffic; b) with this request, a secret key is generated, which is exchanged between the mobile device and the control system; c) every transaction that now takes place between a security chief and a train dispatcher operating the control system is always secured in the background by the mobile device and the control technology using cryptological methods based on the secret key, and is mutually controlled with regard to the desired blocking and / or unblocking.This ensures that only persons / authorities with the secret key can perform locking and / or unlocking actions that affect only the track section and / or switch identified by this key. This reliably prevents inadvertent access to the locked elements by third parties.

A method for switching railcars at a railroad yard includes accessing a list of selected railcars for an outgoing train. The method further includes generating a plurality of train consists that each comply with a set of train rules. The method further includes displaying indications of the generated train consists and their associated number of railyard switch moves on an electronic display. The method further includes receiving a user selection of a desired train consist from the plurality of displayed train consists. The method further includes generating a plurality of switch lists according to the desired train consist and a current inventory of railcars in the railyard. The switch lists include instructions about how to form the desired train consist in the railyard. The method further includes displaying the plurality of switch lists on the electronic display.

A method and an apparatus for a train control system are disclosed, and are based on virtualization of train control logic and the use of cloud computing resources. A train control system is configured into two main parts. The first part includes physical elements of the train control system, and the second part includes a virtual train control system that provides the computing resources for the required train control application platforms. The disclosed architecture can be used with various train control technologies, including communications based train control, cab-signaling and fixed block, wayside signal technology. Further, the disclosure describes methodologies to convert cab-signaling and manual operations into distance to go operation.

A method for automatically handling blocking conditions of a centralized dispatching system comprises the following steps that S1, an autonomous machine in the centralized dispatching system generates route sequences according to a plan issued by a running diagram terminal, and once original triggering conditions of a departure route in a certain route sequence are met, the autonomous machine tries to enter the departure route through automatic triggering, and a departure process is started; s2, the self-discipline machine judges that the current departure blocking condition is not met, a blocking process in a departure station route sequence is set to start, and the departure blocking condition is automatically handled; s3, after the departure blocking condition is met, the vehicle transfer process is started, the blocking process of the vehicle receiving station is set, and the vehicle receiving blocking condition is automatically handled; and S4, if the train receiving blocking condition is met, train departure and train receiving are allowed. The train operation efficiency is improved, human errors are reduced, meanwhile, high adaptability and expandability are achieved, and diversified operation requirements can be effectively adapted and met.

The invention discloses a train control system for supporting in-station moving block based on CTCS (China Train Control System), which is characterized in that a radio block center judges the type of a close train of an annunciator according to the train operation position, the train state and the state of occupied detection equipment sent by a train control interlocking integrated subsystem, and on the basis, the train access state is combined; according to the train control interlocking integrated subsystem, train running permission calculation supporting in-station moving block tracking and train safety protection under abnormal conditions are achieved, and the train control interlocking integrated subsystem achieves route handling under different inspection conditions according to train types sent by the wireless block center; the problems that in a traditional in-station fixed block mode, the track resource utilization rate is low, the train operation interval is long, and the coordination efficiency of a complex station yard is insufficient are solved, the blank of a CTCS train control system supporting in-station moving block is filled, and meanwhile technical reserve is made for wider application of the train control system.

A rail vehicle system is described which comprises: i) a track section which has a monitoring device, in particular an axle counter, which is configured to monitor the state of the track section; ii) a rail vehicle which passes the track section forwards and / or backwards; and iii) a control device which is coupled to the rail vehicle and which is configured to perform ghost train detection using the rail vehicle and the state of the monitoring device; characterized in that iv) the control device is further configured to determine whether a short vehicle whose position is not recorded in the rail vehicle system meets an activation criterion, and, if the activation criterion is met, to perform ghost train detection in a high-speed mode at increased speed.

A system and method for virtual block operational status control with long block time delay is presented. The present disclosure can advantageously increase the capacity and safety of the existing railroad track infrastructure used by the railroads by determining whether a virtual block is healthy or unhealthy. The long block mode can provide a coarse granularity on the presence of a train. In virtual block mode, the system can implement a finer granularity so the virtual aspects of the sub blocks can be realized. The present disclosure provides a long block mode that can provide the system an opportunity to analyze the potential tradeoffs between granularity and reliability by determining which mode (virtual block or long block) is best utilized in a given situation. The system can operate by default in long block mode and ignore the virtual block capabilities until absolutely needed.

A system and method for virtual block operational status control with long block time delay is presented. The present disclosure can advantageously increase the capacity and safety of the existing railroad track infrastructure used by the railroads by determining whether a virtual block is healthy or unhealthy. The long block mode can provide a coarse granularity on the presence of a train. In virtual block mode, the system can implement a finer granularity so the virtual aspects of the sub blocks can be realized. The present disclosure provides a long block mode that can provide the system an opportunity to analyze the potential tradeoffs between granularity and reliability by determining which mode (virtual block or long block) is best utilized in a given situation. The system can operate by default in long block mode and ignore the virtual block capabilities until absolutely needed.

The invention relates to an in-field shunting operation protection method and equipment and a medium, and the method comprises the following steps: S01, a train stops in front of a shunting signal machine, a driver selects a shunting driving mode and starts the shunting signal machine at an opening speed, and after the shunting signal machine passes a shunting beacon, the state of the front shunting signal machine is obtained; step S02, if the state of the shunting signal machine is an allowed state, entering a shunting driving mode, monitoring in real time to run at a speed lower than that of the shunting driving mode, and authorizing the train to continue running; and S03, if the state of the shunting signal machine is the limiting state, the train is emergently braked and stopped, and the shunting driving mode is quitted. Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages that the field shunting operation efficiency and the transportation safety are improved, and the equipment installation and construction cost is reduced.

The application discloses a method for judging whether a computer interlocking device matches a highest allowable speed of a train or not, and whether the computer interlocking device can satisfy normal unlocking of a route when the train runs at the highest allowable speed; and the condition for the normal unlocking of the route is that the computer interlocking device detects an occupancy state of a current track section first, then detects an occupancy state of a next track section, and finally detects a clearance state of the current track section. The method solves the problem that the performance setting of the computer interlocking device, the train length matched with the computer interlocking device and the length of a track section in a station should satisfy the requirements when the train runs at the highest allowable speed, and provides technical support for new product research and development and project implementation of the computer interlocking device.

A method is described for operating a rail vehicle system (100), the method comprising: i) passing a route by means of a rail vehicle (110), ii) sending a position message (130) of the rail vehicle (110) to a control device, iii) dimensioning a shadow train timer (T_S) based on a distance to the boundary of the current clear detection section (TVD1), and a dynamic specific time interval, and iv) Evaluating whether a shadow train (120) is following the rail vehicle (110) based on the shadow train timer (T_S).

The application discloses an interlocking jump locking path selection and protection method and system, a storage medium and equipment, belongs to the technical field of unmanned driving, and comprises the following steps: receiving a jump locking request sent by a region controller; acquiring data of all jump locking regions, selecting a jump locking region according to a predetermined condition, and locking the selected jump locking region; setting a flag of the selected jump locking region and a flag of a protection turnout corresponding to the selected jump locking region as having locking, and generating locking information; and feeding back the locking information to the region controller. According to the application, the data of all jump locking regions is configured, the paths in the corresponding jump locking regions are checked according to the jump locking region code sent by the region controller to determine whether the paths meet the predetermined condition, the lockable paths can be selected for locking, and the locking region can be safely protected.

The invention relates, inter alia, to a method for ghost train detection within the context of operating a railway track system (10). According to the invention, in the method: - the occupancy status of a track section (20) is monitored using a track-section monitoring device (30) having a signal processing time (Tv), and this track section is reported as free or occupied; - prior to a rail vehicle (50) entering the track section (20) which has been reported as free or after a rail vehicle (50) has exited the track section (20), the region (B) between the rail vehicle (50) and an optically detectable marking (70, 71, 72) which has been installed in the track section (20) or at an end (21, 22) of the track section (20) is monitored by means of at least one camera (81, 82); and - the track section (20) and the region (B) between the marking (70, 71, 72) and the rail vehicle (50) are reported as unoccupied by a ghost train when both, for a specified minimum observation time period which is at least as long as the signal processing time (Tv) of the track-section monitoring device (30), camera signals (KS) from the camera (81, 82) indicate that the region (B) between the rail vehicle (50) and the marking (70, 71, 72) is unoccupied and, at least at the end of the minimum observation time period, the track-section monitoring device (30) reports the track section (20) as free.

The application provides a method and system for checking shunting route data, the method comprising: reading a target configuration file, the target configuration file being a configuration file of shunting route data; and performing correctness checking on the shunting route data in the target configuration file. The system executes the method. The application reads a target configuration file, identifies the shunting route data in the target configuration file, and then performs relevant correctness checking on the identified shunting route data, thereby replacing the traditional manual checking of shunting route data, which is inefficient and difficult to effectively check all data errors, and the checking process is prone to manual errors.

A method for assigning train blocks at a railroad merchandise yard includes determining, using a first optimization model and historical train block volume data, a first list of train block assignments for a plurality of train blocks and a plurality of classification tracks of a classification bowl. The method further includes displaying the first list of train block assignments generated by the first optimization model if the volume of the train blocks is not greater than the total available track length of the classification tracks. The method further includes determining and displaying, using a second optimization model and the historical train block volume data, a second list of train block assignments for the plurality of train blocks and the plurality of classification tracks of the classification bowl if the volume of the plurality of train blocks is greater than the total available track length of the plurality of classification tracks.

A method for switching railcars at a railroad yard includes accessing a list of selected railcars for an outgoing train. The method further includes generating a plurality of train consists that each comply with a set of train rules. The method further includes displaying indications of the generated train consists and their associated number of railyard switch moves on an electronic display. The method further includes receiving a user selection of a desired train consist from the plurality of displayed train consists. The method further includes generating a plurality of switch lists according to the desired train consist and a current inventory of railcars in the railyard. The switch lists include instructions about how to form the desired train consist in the railyard. The method further includes displaying the plurality of switch lists on the electronic display.

Provided is a relative velocity train protection method and apparatus. The method includes the following steps: a preceding train and a following train in two successive trains calculate their safe spatial-temporal trajectory information in a stopping process using an electronic map, velocity measurement and positioning information, and performance of the train (S11); the following train obtains the spatial-temporal trajectory information of the preceding train through vehicle-to-vehicle communication (S12); the following train creates a safety condition according to a constraint that a position of the following train does not surpass that of the preceding train at any time, and solves the emergency brake intervention (EBI) velocity of the following train (S13); the following train determines whether its measured velocity v2(t0) exceeds the EBI velocity E2(t0), and if so, make the following train decelerate until the following train stops (S14).

The invention discloses a gap detection method and system, and the method comprises the steps: an interlocking system obtains the occupation state information of a platform rail, and transmits the information to a platform door control system, and the platform door control system obtains the opening and closing state information of a platform door, and the platform door control system sends the platform rail occupation state information and the platform door opening and closing state information to gap detection equipment. And the gap detection equipment executes gap detection operation according to the platform rail occupation state information and the platform door opening and closing state information, and sends a gap detection result to a platform door control system. And the platform door control system calculates the gap detection result, obtains platform door locking state information and sends the information to the interlocking system. According to the gap detection method and the gap detection system, the operation time required for controlling the gap detection system to start / stop can be saved, and the safety of the control method of the gap detection system is improved.

The present disclosure relates to a switch control method for a rail transit signal system, and an apparatus for the method. When a switch control command of the signal system fails or the signal system confirms agreement with local switch control, the method is configured for performing maintenance operation on a switch via the local switch control apparatus. Compared to the prior art, the present disclosure has the advantages of meeting the requirement of the local switch control, ensuring the safety of a maintenance person and operation, etc.

The application relates to a path storage-based protection section unlocking area calculation method, equipment and medium, which comprises the following steps: inputting line data and configuration data, wherein the configuration data is the maximum protection section unlocking area length; calculating all initial protection section unlocking areas according to the line data and the configuration data, and storing corresponding path track sections; and removing the same-direction head-tail overlapping areas and the converging turnout conflict areas existing in the initial protection section unlocking areas in sequence to obtain final protection section unlocking areas. Compared with the prior art, the application has the advantages that the stored path track sections are processed in sequence after storage, automatic and rapid calculation of the protection section unlocking areas is realized, and the calculation efficiency of the protection section unlocking areas is improved.

The invention relates to an electronic system (20) for supervising a fleet (12) of vehicles (14) capable of moving on a network (16) of one or more railway tracks (18), each vehicle (14) including a positioning device configured to provide a position of the vehicle (14) and a radio transceiver configured to communicate via a radio link (22) with the supervision system (20). The electronic supervision system (20) comprises: - an acquisition module (30) configured to acquire position information of each vehicle (14) of the fleet (12) moving on the network (16) of one or more railway tracks (18); and - a management module (32) configured to manage a spacing between vehicles (14) moving on a relevant railway track (18), on the basis of the position information acquired from the vehicles (14) moving on the railway track (18).

The invention relates to a route associated train calculation method and device based on a resource management unit and a medium. The method specifically comprises the steps that S1, a train automatic monitoring system ATS issues a route creation command; s2, the RMU creates a route according to the resource state; s3, the RMU searches a first vehicle on the upstream of the route, and if the first vehicle is a communication train, the train is associated to the route; s4, judging whether the train is driven into the route or not according to the position of the train associated with the route, maintaining the train to be continuously associated with the route if the train is not driven into the route, and releasing the train associated with the route if the train is driven into the route; and S5, after the route is disconnected from the associated train, the route starts to be unlocked. Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages that the route can be quickly unlocked according to the position information of the associated train, the departure interval can be shortened, and the operation efficiency is greatly improved.